Genesis 42:38:3Gen.42.38.W3PAT

בְּנִ֖י

beni

my son

Transliteration
be-NI
Extended
beh-NEE
IPA
/bə.ˈniː/

Meaning by language

English
my son
French
mon fils
Spanish
mi hijo
Portuguese
meu filho
German
mein Sohn
Russian
мой сын
Arabic-Simplified
ابْنِي
Hindi
मेरा पुत्र
Chinese-Simplified
我的儿子
Korean
내 아들
Indonesian
anakku laki-laki
Bengali
আমার পুত্র
Tagalog
anak kong lalaki
Swahili
mwanangu
Amharic
ወንድ ልጄ
Yoruba
ọmọkùnrin mi
Igbo
nwa m nwoke
Twi
me ba

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Result
בְּ + נִ֖י
be + ni
beni

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī

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Word in context

  1. word

    be-NI

  2. phraseyour reading level

    lo-ye-RED be-NI

  3. clause

    va-YO-mer lo-ye-RED be-NI im-ma-KHEM

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer lo-ye-RED be-NI im-ma-KHEM ki-a-KHIV MET ve-HU le-va-DO ni-she-AR u-qe-ra-a-HU a-SON ba-DE-rekh a-SHER te-le-khu-VAH ve-ho-ra-de-TEM et-see-va-TI be-ya-GON she-o-LA

In contextGenesis 42:38

and he said he shall not go down my son with you for his brother has died and he alone has been left and befalls him harm on the way which you will go in it and you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to Sheol

About this coordinate

Genesis 42:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 42:38, so the Hebrew word בְּנִ֖י (beni) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.42.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.38.W3.S1) and character.